THE SPECTORThe title of our film was not our original title as initially we chose ‘bystander’. After feedback from our target audience we discovered that people believed the name bystander did not stand out enough. A bystander is usually known as somebody who merely watches a crime or a scene and does not intervene however our films plot is the complete opposite to that. When thinking about new possible titles for our film we discovered other words that had similar meanings. ‘The spector’ is a more prominent and powerful title, by placing ‘the’ at the beginning of it creates a more memorable and defining title.

KEY CHARACTERSANTAGONISTThe Spector – A supernatural being who is angered when four friends decide to intrude in its woods after dark.

PROTAGONISTSophie – One of the four friends and the only one who escapesKate – Olly’s girlfriendLucy – One of the four friendsOlly – Kate’s boyfriend who plays tricks on the other three as a joke

Policeman – Enters the film at the very end and tries hard to comfort Sophie in the station

NARRATIVE STRUCTURE1. Four friends take a trip to the woods to celebrate one of their birthdays. 2. When arriving everything seems fun and exciting yet three of them start

to find the fourth friend (Olly) slightly tedious as his bad humoured jokes start to annoy them.

3. The woods darken and Olly and his girlfriend row over his jokes as he begins to scare her too much.

4. Olly’s girlfriend storms off into the dark woods and after a while the other three friends begin to worry. Too much time passes and they all decide to go and look for her.

5. One by one the friends get gruesomely picked off by ‘The Spector’ who is angry about them trespassing in its woods after dark. The Spector is a supernatural being who plays with the friends fears by hunting them down.

6. The film moves on as we witness the deaths of three friends however one manages to escape and finds the nearest police station outside the woods.

7. The audience will start to believe the panic is over until there is a shot of the girl sitting in the station thinking about the recent occurrences. She then looks over to a window and see’s a figure which is that of The Spector’s. This shot leaves possibilities open for a sequel.

Setting

We chose base in the film in the forest Horsenden hills. We did this because the looming idea of isolation is chilling. In addition to this we got a lot of inspiration from the film the Blaire Witch project which too is set in wooded area. The film features students who similarly in our film get attacked by a supernatural being. This means that when the Spector began to peruse or characters they wouldn’t be able to ask for help, nor escape as all of the characters would get split up. The Idea of being in the woods alone with ‘the Spector’ coming for you would be a chilling experience for anyone meaning our target audience can relate and feel empathy for the characters that are getting victimised.

Genre

The genre of our film is supernatural horror. We chose to make it a supernatural horror because this is what were most interested in. The other reason for this is as the Spector isn't human technically the audience only have to see the affects that the Spector causes and maybe shadows or unrecognisable figures. For practical reasons this suits the capability of our skills as film makers.

Style/inspiration

As I said before we got a lot of our inspiration from the ‘the Blaire Witch Project’ this is because the style in witch its made. Predominantly this film is made handheld. The positives of this is the fact that the shaky nature of a hand held camera translates the mood of the film. The protagonists will represent how scared they are through the lenses of the camera. In addition to this its more practical because of our skills as film makers. However we plan to use some techniques to translate how isolated the characters are, such as a pan of the woods etc.

Casting

We have quite a small cast. We decided to do this so that in the trailer the audience could enter into a relationship with the cast before they have even seen the film. Feeling empathy for the characters will engage the audience even more and promt them to see the film making it more popular. We decided to change some of the names such as Erin Machell, and Melina Namdar, this is because names like this don’t really conform to normal Billboard films. We wanted our film to conform completely and keep is professional as possible.